This webinar is part 4 of the series Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action, developed through a collaboration between the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Nursing - Climate Resources for Health Education, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, and Climate Action Nurses. This presentation discusses the increased risks of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and flooding due to climate change. It highlights the health impacts on vulnerable populations and the socio-economic and environmental consequences of such events.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the ways in which climate change increases the risk of extreme events such as hurricanes, inland, and coastal flooding.
Identify environmental hazards to infants, children, and adolescents during extreme weather events.
Explore the impacts of extreme weather effects on the health of humans and the planet.
Compare the potential extreme weather events caused by climate change that are the most likely to occur in specific regions with other parts of the world.
Identify the physical, psychological, and socio-economic impacts/consequences of extreme weather events that make individuals and populations more vulnerable to health impacts from extreme weather hazards.
Discuss the sociological, ecological, and biological effects of climate change on human health.
Describe the trajectory of effects based on current climate projections.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17198, for 1 contact hour.
Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action Part 4: Extreme Weather: Hurricanes and Flooding Post-Test for Nursing Continuing Education (CE) credit
